The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-06-26

For many years he had held his trust with
conscious rectitude, and slight depreciation
Of other forms Of merit; and for as many
years had been regularly returned to his
seat by hs constituency with equally CON
s.ious rectitule in themselves and an equal
skep.icism regarding others. Removed by
his nature beyond the reach of certain tenn
tations, and by circumstances beyond even
the know ledge of others, his social and politi
cal integrity vas si,otle-sS An orator and
practical iebater, his refined tastes kept him
from personality, and the public recognition
OF the complete uriseltishnesss of his motives
AMI the magnitude of his dogmas protected
him from scurrility. Ills principles had
never been appealed to by bribe; he had
rarely been approached by emotion.
y man of polished taste in art and Iitera-
turc, and possessing the means To crafty it,
his luxurious home was filled with treasures
he had himself collected and fu Their enhanced
by the stamp of his appreciation. His library
had not only llIe el,rsance of aiornnient that
his wealth could brins, and his taste approve,
but certain refined negligence of EIbitual
ami the easy disorscr OF the artist ; work
shop. All this was quickly noted by young
girl who stood ON its thrc5hold at the Close of
:, ,lull January day.
The card that Il:rd been brod-,ht to the sen-
ator bore the name of Carmen lie lIaro;"
and moslestly in the right hand corner, in al
most microscopic script, the further des.rip-
ton of herself a. ARTIST" Perhaps the pic
turesqucness of tbs name and its historic sug
ge-'tion caught the scholars TASTE, for when
ia his request, throu III his servant, that she
would b. kind enough To STATE her business,
she repheI as frankly that her ttiai.iCss Was
personal to himself, he dil, tel thai she should
be asmittcd- Then intrenchiIss himself he
hind his library table, overlooking bastion
OF BOOKS and u giacis of pamphlets and papers,
AMI throwing into his forehead and eyes AN
expression of utter disqualification for any
thing but the business before him, he calmly
awaited the intruder.
She came, ami for instant stood, hesitat-
ingly, framing herself as picture in the door
Mrs. Hopkinson was right-ahc had mo STYLE"
unless an original AMI half forci.sn qtl:,intness
couLi b. called 81. There was "A Desperate at
tempt visible to cosili,ilie an American shawl
with ,he habits OF n n,antilla, ani it WIS al
ways slipping; from one shoulder. that was so
supple AMI vivacous as to tx tray the dciici. IL
.cie@s of an education in stays. There was "a
q
bead, fitting her closely as To sccsa To he
part OF the sealskin cap she wore. Once, from
the force of habit, she attempted to put her
shawl over her head and talk through the
folds gathered under her chin hut aston
ished look from the senator checked her.
Nevertheless he felt relieved, AMI, rising, mo-
toned her to n chair with u hcartinesSs he
would have scarcely shown to a Par toll
leta And when, with two three quick,
long steps she reached his side and showed
frank innocent but strong and d.terInined
little face, feminine only in its Hash of eye
and beauty of lip and chin curves. he put
down the pamphlet he hal taken up some
what ostentatiously and gently begged to
know her business.
think l have once before spoken of her
voice-an organ more often cultivated by my
fair countrywomcn for singing than for
speaking, which, considering that much of
our practical relations with the sex
an opera score, seems a mistaken no
ton of theirs-and of it, sweetness,
gentle infiexion, and musical emphasis She
had the advantage of having been trained in
a musical language, and came OF n race with
whom catarrhs and throCts were rare.
So that in a few brief phrases she sang the
senator into acquicseence Is she impaired
the plaia libretto Of her btisinc-s-..aII,s,ly, a
..iesire to s1e some OF his -,vin.s"
Now the ensravings in question were Ger
tain etrhincs of the early Great Apprentices
of tho art. and were, am happy to besieve,
sxtromelv rare From NV unprofess,ona'